Today in Rhein-Main: last-minute purchase at nine euros

Good evening,

there was probably nothing to do with rain this weekend.

Or did you get wet?

So that you can talk to your neighbors about something other than the weather, we have put together a few topics here.

Marie Lisa Kehler

Deputy head of the regional section of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

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1) From Thursday onwards, the usual tariffs will apply again on buses and trains.

The nine-euro ticket will expire - and the fuel discount will also be a thing of the past.

2) How does it actually work in a hitting connection and what tempts the members to join one?

A scientist from Giessen investigated this.

3) Despite the general mood of crisis - the Hessians are traveling again.

The travel industry has recovered after Corona, but is concerned about the future.

Discount campaigns end:

Imagine you are standing at a train station in the Rhine-Main area on Sunday, a few days before the end of the month.

A single trip to Frankfurt costs 5.60 euros - although there are no more than three stations.

In the past few months, the decision was easy in view of such prices.

A nine-euro ticket was quickly bought.

But is it still worth it four days before the official end of what is probably the biggest discount campaign in the history of local public transport?

The clear answer: Yes - even if the pleasure is short-lived.

From Thursday onwards, the usual local transport prices will apply again on buses and trains.

There will probably not be a directly effective, nationwide standard follow-up regulation for the nine-euro ticket.

There are numerous suggestions for follow-up offers.

Our author Ralf Euler summarizes what these are and how the nine-euro ticket affected the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV).

So much in advance: around 2.3 million 9-euro tickets were sold in the RMV area alone.

The fact that the end of the nine-euro ticket coincides with the end of the tank discount makes it doubly bitter.

In order to avoid the shock at the petrol pump, it seems as if some petrol station operators want to introduce their customers to future prices in small steps.

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A month ago, a liter of Super E10 in Frankfurt cost an average of EUR 1.69, but on Monday drivers had to pay an average of EUR 1.81 at petrol stations in the city.

And it could soon get even more expensive.

ADAC Hessen assumes that fuel prices will rise, but with a time lag.

Because many gas stations would probably still have their warehouses full of fuel at cheaper prices.

It remains to be seen whether this old discount will also be passed on to customers.

Economics editor Daniel Schleidt writes that the fact that the price of fuel increased even before the official end of the tank discount also has something to do with the low water level in the Rhine.

Because fuel can only be transported under difficult conditions.